③@IRENAREACHING ZERO WITH RENEWABLESALUMINIUMNDUSTRY13Al©IRENA2025Unless otherwise stated,material in this publication may be freely used,shared,copied,reproduced,printedand/or stored,provided that appropriate acknowledgement is given of IRENA as the source and copyrightholder.Material in this publication that is attributed to third parties may be subject to separate terms of use andrestrictions,and appropriate permissions from these third parties may need to be secured before any use of suchmaterial.1SBN:978-92-9260-649-7Citation:IRENA (2025),Reaching zero with renewables:Aluminium industry,International Renewable EnergyAgency,Abu Dhabi.Available for download:www.irena.orq/publicationsFor further information or to provide feedback,please contact IRENA at publications@irena.org.About IRENAThe International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)is an intergovernmental organisation that supportscountries in their transition to a sustainable energy future,and serves as the principal platform for internationalco-operation,a centre of excellence,and a repository of policy,technology,resource and financial knowledgeon renewable energy.IRENA promotes the widespread adoption and sustainable use of all forms of renewableenergy,including bioenergy,geothermal,hydropower,ocean,solar and wind energy in the pursuit of sustainabledevelopment,energy access,energy security and low-carbon economic growth and prosperity.AcknowledgementsThe report was authored by Karan Kochhar and Luis Janeiro under the guidance of Francisco Boshell andRoland Roesch (Director,IRENA Innovation and Technology Centre).Pernelle Nunez and Linlin Wu (InternationalAluminium Institute)provided substantial inputs to the report's concept,development and extensive feedbackon the analysis.Dr Martin Iffert (Energy Pool,Martin Iffert Consulting)provided substantial background information and feedback.Zafar Samadov,Abdullah Fahad,Yong Chen,Adrian Gonzalez and Sean Collins (IRENA),and Marlen Bertram (IAl)and Marghanita Johnson (Australia Aluminium Council),provided valuable reviews.IRENA is grateful to IAl'sEnergy and Environment Committee for its feeedback on the initial findings of the report.The report was copy-edited by Justin French-Brooks and technical review was provided by Paul Komor.Editorialsupport was provided by Francis Field and Stephanie Clarke.Design was provided by Strategic Agenda.DisclaimerThis publication and the material herein are provided "as is".All reasonable precautions have been taken by IRENA to verify thereliability of the material in this publication.However,neither IRENA nor any of its officials,agents,data or other third-party contentproviders provides a warrantyofany kind,either expressed or implied,and they accept no responsibility or liability for any consequenceof use of the publication or material herein.The information contained herein does not necessarily represent the views of all Members of IRENA.The mention of specific companiesor certain projects or products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by IRENA in preference to others of a similarnature that are not mentioned.The designations employed and the presentation of material herein do not imply the expression ofany opinion on the part of IRENA concerning the legal status of any region,country,territory,city or area or of its authorities,orconcerning the delimitation of frontiers or boundaries.2 REACHING ZERO WITH RENEWABLES:ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY